. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/ALB/125 
1 October 2009  
 (09-4643) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY MEASURES 
 
1. Notifying Member:  ALBANIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:     
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Protection 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  All live pigs (domestic and wild) 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[ ] All trading partners 
[X] Specific regions or countries:  Bulgaria  
5. Title of the notified document:  Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection "On some protective measures against Classical Swine Fever outbreak in 
Bulgaria"  Language:  Albanian  Number of pages:  2 
6. Description of content:  This Order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Consumer 
Protection presents some protective measures against Classical Swine Fever, stopping the 
import and transit of all live pigs (wild and domestic) from Bulgaria, Silistra province into 
the territory of Albania.  Stopping the import of  semen and fresh meat of domestic and wild 
pigs;  products originating from pigs destin ed to animal feed or for agricultural and 
industrial uses and pathological material and biological pig products that are not submitted 
to the process that destroy the virus of Cl assical Swine Fever from Bulgaria, Silistra 
province into the Albanian territory. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [ ] food safety, [X] animal health, [ ] plant protection, [ 
] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  The objective is to stop the import and transit of all live pigs 
(domestic and wild), fresh meat of domestic  and wild pigs, etc from Bulgaria, Silistra 
province into the territory of Albania. 
8. Nature of the urgent problem(s) and reason for urgent action:  The outbreak of 
Classical Swine Fever in Bulgaria, Silistra province. G/SPS/N/ALB/125 
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  9. Is there a relevant international standard ?  If so, identify the standard:  
[ ] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)   
[X] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)   
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)   
[ ] None Does this proposed regulation conform to  the relevant international standard? 
 [ ] Yes   [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:    
10. Other relevant documents and langua ge(s) in which these are available:   Notifications 
taken from the World Organization for Animal  Health, dated 15 September 2009 according 
to the International Terrestrial Animal Health Code.   
11. Date of entry into force ( dd/mm/yy )/period of application (as applicable):  
16 September 2009   
[ ] Trade facilitating measure  
12. Agency or authority designated to handle comments:  [X] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  Address, fax number and e-mail address (if 
available) of other body:    
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body:   
General Directorate of Standardization 
WTO Enquiry Point - Albania 
Tel:  +(355 4) 222 62 55 Fax:  +(355 4) 224 71 77 E-mail:  info@dps.gov.al Website:  http://www.dps.gov.al